Los Quemados - Zone A: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Lobatus haitensis | ||||||||||
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum haitense
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Vasum haitensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris albida
(Perry 1811)
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| recombined as Polystira albida | ||||||||||
| Also: Turris albida antillarum, Turris albida tellea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra petiti
Maury 1917
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| replaced by Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Hindsiclava consors | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus granozonatoides
Maury 1917
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Conus catenatus
Sowerby 1849
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria epistomifera
Guppy 1876
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| recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusus henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Fusinus henekeni | ||||||||||
| Also: Fusus henekeni haitensis | ||||||||||
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Latirus infundibulum
Gmelin 1791
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Lyria (Lyria) pulchella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distortrix simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Distorsio simillima | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Solarium quadriseriatum
Sowerby 1850
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| synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia islahispaniolae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Echinochama antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Arcinella antiquata | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: Echinochama antiquata yaqeuensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona blandiana
(Guppy 1873)
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| recombined as Ventricolaria blandiana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca riogurabonica
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Local section: | Cercado de Mao | Local bed: | 200 ft | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Mao River | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From Zone A. Section approximately 300 ft thick. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Hard, light blue clays forming vertical cliffs slightly concave at the base. The clays weatehr yellowish-white. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58818 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-24 19:37:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 19:37:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16689. | C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |